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Citilink to provide 280 extra flights during year-end holiday

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sun, December 17, 2017

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Citilink to provide 280 extra flights during year-end holiday Airbus A320 of low cost carrier Citilink takes off during the launching of Denpasar to Dili route in Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali in this file photo taken on June 1. The airline aims to serve 280 additional flights during this year-end holiday. (Antara/Nyoman Budhiana)

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itilink, the low-cost subsidiary of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, plans to  serve 280 extra flights from Jakarta to seven busiest-routes during this Christmas and New Year holiday, up 20 percent from last year.

The seven routes are Malang and Surabaya in East Java, Denpasar in Bali, Yogyakarta, Solo and Semarang in Central Java, and Silangit in North Sumatera.

“We add more [flights] this year [compared to the past year] to anticipate a surge in passengers during the peak season which will fall from December 21 to January 3, 2018,” said Citilink president director Juliandra Nurtjahjo in a press statement Saturday as quoted from kompas.com.

Read also: AP II expects 11% passenger surge during this year-end holiday

Subsequently, during the period, Citilink will have 264 flights on a daily basis, up 8.2 percent from regular days.

For instance, it will run 14 Jakarta-Denpasar return flights, up from 12 flights. In addition, there will be six Jakarta-Malang return flights, up from only four flights. (srs/lnd) 

 

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